I saw that 75% of my targeted keywords are on the first page of google (yes even after panda and arctic bird updates).
However for Yahoo and Bing ...only one or two keywords are on the first page (and even then they are way down in position 9 or 10).

Should I bother worrying about the keyword rankings in Bing + yahoo.
Bear in mind this is NOT recent, it has been like that (for Bing and Yahoo) for almost two months.

Lastly, in terms of SEO should I bother doing directory submissions as i keep hearing conflicting answers?

Web directories are a must. In fact, I think it's the first thing a webmaster should do to it's newly created site.

Be sure to apply to free directories (no reciprocical), if possible good alexa rank (so they actually send you traffic), some decent PR (in combination with ******** this will give you page rank!). Some web dirs allow links to inner pages.

Avoid pr 0 web dirs and alexa > 10.000.000 (keep them in your sight, tho. they will eventually grow in pr and decrease in alexa!)

If you have a good budget, you can have some paid listings to high PR ******** web directories. (business, botw, yahoo)

After the site reaches 50+ articles, has x months age you can go with a dmoz submission!

Sliq Submitter Pro from sliqtools is recommended for directory submissions. (or you can pm me for a good deal ^^)

Google holds about a 70% of searches, yahoo and bing are splitting a 30%. Even if you rank your site on yahoo and bing you will hardly get traffic. I wouldn't bother much with directory submissions. I would only submit my site to quality directories such as Yahoo, DMOZ and Best of the Web.

P. S I can't post links, but if you want a good list of quality directories pm me.

Web directories are a must. In fact, I think it's the first thing a webmaster should do to it's newly created site.

Be sure to apply to free directories (no reciprocical), if possible good alexa rank (so they actually send you traffic), some decent PR (in combination with ******** this will give you page rank!). Some web dirs allow links to inner pages.

Avoid pr 0 web dirs and alexa > 10.000.000 (keep them in your sight, tho. they will eventually grow in pr and decrease in alexa!)

If you have a good budget, you can have some paid listings to high PR ******** web directories. (business, botw, yahoo)

After the site reaches 50+ articles, has x months age you can go with a dmoz submission!

Sliq Submitter Pro from sliqtools is recommended for directory submissions. (or you can pm me for a good deal ^^)

My main website has 492 keywords and phrase on the first two pages of google (Now the Ecommerce store is on flippa) . I am starting my second website soon. With over 100 real articles and hope not to get slammed.

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